S 667
A.D. 958 (Penkridge, Staffs.). Edgar, king of Mercia, to the familia of St Werburgh, Chester; grant of 17 hides (manentes) at Hosely, Flint; Cheavely, Huntington, Upton, Aston (? Aston Sutton) and Barrow (? Great Barrow), Cheshire. Latin.
Archive: Chester
MSS: 1. BL Add. 6032, 50v-51r (s. xviii; dated 957)
2. BL Harley 1965, 3v (s. xiv; dated 958)
3. BL Harley 1967, 184r (s. xvi)
4. BL Harley 2060, 37r (s. xvi)
5. BL Harley 2071, 17r (s. xvii)
Printed: Mon. Angl., i. 200, ex MS penes William Vernon of Shakerley; K 473 ex Mon. Angl.; Mon. Angl. (rev. edn), ii. 384 (no. 2); B 1041 ex Mon. Angl. and MS 2; Birch 1888, pp. 14-15 ex MSS 1, 2; Tait, Chester Cart., pp. 8-10.
Comments: Tait, Chester Cart., pp. xvii-xviii, 10-13, authentic; Hart, ECNE, no. 121, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 69 nn. 135, 137, diplomatic links with S 677 and 723, possible that same draftsman wrote all three charters; Hooke 1983, p. 19; Brooks et al. 1984, pp. 145-6, on diplomatic links with S 712a; PN Staffs., i. 87; BA Facs., p. 12; Hart 1992, pp. 449-52; PN Chesh., ii. 161, iii. 261-2, iv, 116-17, 118.
Notes: Date of 858 in most editions derives from error in Mon. Angl.
[Omnip]otens pater Spes unica Mundi .
fabricator celi . Conditor orbis . qui diem Titanis splendidissimi radiis flagrantibus lustrando percurrit ; Noctemque Cinthie jubaris splendore comit . omnia nobis bona plus merito concedens donavit . vicemque aliis tam per ewangelicum paradigma ; quam per aliarum seriem scripturarum rependi precepit .
Quapropter ego Eadgarus Regni Merciorum Christi favente gratia sublimatus ad culmina ; pro expiatione anime mee meorumque predecessorum Eadmundi videlicet incliti Anglorum Regis 7 genitoris mei ; necnon 7 beate memorie Ethelstani ejusdem gentis Regis nobilissimi . dono 7 libenter concedo humili familie Deo omnipotenti In honore sacratissime semperque virginis Werburgæ in loco qui dicitur Leiacestria assidue militanti quandam partem agrorum . Hoc est . XVII . manentium non in uno tamen loco . set in diversis sparsim locis divisos . quorum nomina hic tenentur inserta . que sic vocantur Hodeshlið 7 Ceofanlea 7 Huntingdun . 7 Huptun . 7 'E'Astone . 7 Barue .
ut habeant cum omnibus bonis ad illam terram pertinentibus . 7 sine ulla contradicctione omni tempore jure hereditario possideant . 7 quicquid exinde facere voluerint liberam in omnibus potestatem habeant faciendi .
Est autem hæc terra circumcincta terminis 7c .
Sit etiam hoc mee concessionis donum liberum ab omni aggravatione secularis servicii 7 ab omni censu 7 expedicionis profectione pontisque constructione et arcis munitione .
Si quis vero quod absit invidie facibus succensus presumptibili elacionis fastu . hoc mee donacionis munimen frangere aut minuere voluerit . Sciat se reum omni hora vitæ suæ 7 tenebrosi Tartaris flammivomas voragines in futuro non evadere nisi prius cum satisfactione pleniter emendaverit .
Actum est hoc mee concessionis donum Anno Dominice incarnacionis . DCCC . LVIII . indictione vero . I a . anno secundo Regni mei in loco famoso qui dicitur Pencric . Hii testes aderant qui hoc consenserunt . 7 subscripserunt 7 cum triumphali vexillo sancte crucis Christi firmaverunt 7 corroboraverunt .
Ego Eadgarus Rex Merciorum ceterarum nacionum concensi 7 scribere jussi . 7 cum signo sancte crucis firmavi 7 corroboravi .